In case The Sun or The Daily Mail does not get delivered by choice through your letter box - I see The Telegraph carries the same story as under.......

The 1,043 laws - nearly half of which have been introduced under Labour - include the right to inspect pot plants for pests, to measure the height of hedges, to search bedrooms for asylum seekers and to look at fridges for their energy rating.

The information will heighten fears among campaigners that Britain is becoming a "Big Brother" society. The Conservatives claimed that the list of powers of entry was "quietly slipped out" without a press release on the Home Office website.

A total of 420 new powers of entry have been introduced by Labour since it came to power in 1997. Sixteen more are contained in laws due to be approved by Parliament in the next few weeks.

The Plant Health (England) Order 2005 allows inspectors to enter homes to see if plants have pests or if certain types of plants have been smuggled in without a "plant passport".

Section 74 of The Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 allows councils to check if a hedge is too high.

The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 can be used to allow officials to ensure accommodation provided to asylum seekers is not being used by others.

Although it is aimed at business, the Energy Information (Household Refrigerators and Freezers) Regulations 2004 can also be used to seize fridges with an incorrect energy rating.

Council bin inspectors already have the authority to enter homes and take photographs for evidence. Those who obstruct them face the threat of a £5,000 fine.

Kenny, had to post that piece in the Telegraph to balance what the Sun had published, but even 500 such laws plus new ones to come out would not be known to anyone unless published and drawn to our attention would it.

However, even crispy duck might not be available in Chinese restaurants as the ovens used do not have the 'CE' mark of Brussels EU approval marked on the side.

Same with land, now has to be hectares not acres.....decreed by some unelected jobsworth in the EU....but here's the good news...it is reported that the Brussels has scrapped its rules on twisted carrots and bent bananas which only goes to prove that such information was not made up by the papers in the first place as suspected by some doubters.